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Looking for Santa in New York City

Christmas Tree, Rockefeller Plaza

The celebrities in Rockefeller Plaza are quite a distance away. They are next to the giant Christmas tree on the plaza, waiting for it to light up. We are stuck in a line, a block away, playing cat and mouse with New York’s finest who are half-heartedly trying to get us to move on. My wife has become quite a star herself.leading the nearby mob in a chorus of “Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer.”

One guy yelled “shaddup! I hate dat song.”

The tree lit up, everybody cheered, we moved away with the mass into one of New York’s biggest weekends. We went in search of Santa.

Russ Johnson, a writer, photographer and filmmaker, is the creator and editor of The Connected Traveler, author of the book and audio book Tales of the Radio Traveler and host of the podcast "Gone Astray" on all major podcast platforms.

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